Materials consideration for the design, fabrication and operation of microscale robots

C Chen, S Ding, J Wang - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Microscale robots have been the focus of extensive research efforts resulting in various
innovative developments that broaden their capabilities and applications. The rational …

Flagellotropic bacteriophages: opportunities and challenges for antimicrobial applications

NC Esteves, BE Scharf - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacteriophages (phages) are the most abundant biological entities in the biosphere. As
viruses that solely infect bacteria, phages have myriad healthcare and agricultural …

Light-propelled self-sustained swimming of a liquid crystal elastomer torus at low Reynolds number

K Li, Z Chen, P Xu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The well-known Purcell's toroidal swimmer can translate in low Reynolds number fluid, by
periodically changing its own shape in a nonreciprocal way to overcome the scallop …

Next‐Generation Energy Harvesting and Storage Technologies for Robots Across All Scales

Z Liang, J He, C Hu, X Pu, H Khani… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐powered untethered robots that can meander unrestrictedly, squeeze into small
spaces, and operate in diverse harsh environments have received immense attention in …

Noble metals and soft bio-inspired nanoparticles in retinal diseases treatment: A perspective

V De Matteis, L Rizzello - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
We are witnessing an exponential increase in the use of different nanomaterials in a
plethora of biomedical fields. We are all aware of how nanoparticles (NPs) have influenced …

Green plasmonic nanoparticles and bio-inspired stimuli-responsive vesicles in cancer therapy application

V De Matteis, L Rizzello, M Cascione, E Liatsi-Douvitsa… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the last years, there is a growing interest in the application of nanoscaled materials in
cancer therapy because of their unique physico-chemical properties. However, the dark side …

The implication of viability and pathogenicity by truncated lipopolysaccharide in Yersinia enterocolitica

F Wu, F Ren, X **e, J Meng, X Wu - Applied Microbiology and …, 2023 - Springer
The fast envelope stress responses play a key role in the transmission and pathogenesis of
Yersinia enterocolitica, one of the most common foodborne pathogens. Our previous study …

Proliferation-mediated asymmetric nanoencapsulation of single-cell and motility differentiation

SL Wang, ZJ Xu, HX Chen, XL Wang, S Lin… - Science China …, 2023 - Springer
The biointerface engineering of living cells by creating an abiotic shell has important
implications for endowing cells with exogenous properties with improved cellular behavior …

A chiral active particle on two-dimensional random landscapes: ergodic uncertain diffusion and non-ergodic subdiffusion

H Shi, X Zhao, W Guo, J Fang, L Du - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
The dynamics of a chiral active particle moving on two-dimensional random landscapes
(with Gaussian distribution and Gaussian correlation) is investigated. We demonstrate that …

Decoding the hydrodynamic properties of microscale helical propellers from Brownian fluctuations

F Djutanta, PT Brown, B Nainggolan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The complex motility of bacteria, ranging from single-swimmer behaviors such as
chemotaxis to collective dynamics, including biofilm formation and active matter …